Alamosa, Colorado
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
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Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Glenfinnan, Scotland
Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.
Venice, Italy
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Kyoto, Japan
The 10,000 Torii shrine.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Alnwick, England
The sign at the garden gate reads: “These Plants Can Kill.”
Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.
Washington, D.C.
Home to items never before seen by the public.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Lakewood, Colorado
At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.